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from San Diego Daily Transcript (3/20/2015) The state of San Diego’s hotel industry was the topic of “An Extraordinary Year Ahead,” the 2015 Lodging Industry meeting Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Del Mar Heights. Read more…

from Times of San Diego (3/20/2015) San Diego hotel guru Robert Rauch predicted Friday that 2015 will turn out to be the best year for the hotel industry in San Diego and nationwide. “This is going to be the best year that the hotel industry ever had in the United states by a wide margin,” […]

from San Diego Business Journal (March 27, 2015) San Diego County’s hotel industry is on track to see another stellar year in 2015, and likely into 2016, said experts at a recent Lodging Industry Forecast forum

Hotel Guru Expertise

A “business success plan” for the hospitality industry requires a new set of disciplines. Today, knowledge acquisition of the changing technologies alone represents a challenge. Coupled with strong service leadership skills, the transfer of the success plan to each unit manager is made much easier. Perhaps the most critical items for a business success plan […]

Baseball is a great game. Even if you do not play it, you can watch it or use it as a metaphor to depict where we are in the economic cycle. We have completed the sixth inning of this ball game. The “Great Recession” followed by the “Great Hangover” ended last year and there is […]

Developing a business strategy is admirable but executing the strategy is the key. Based on this, I thought I would try to simplify the essence of strategy for today’s hospitality leaders. One simple strategy is to differentiate our operations via intangible assets. As an example, customer relationship management or new and innovative products and services […]

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from San Diego Business Journal (March 27, 2015) San Diego County’s hotel industry is on track to see another stellar year in 2015, and likely into 2016, said experts at a recent Lodging Industry Forecast forum

from San Diego Daily Transcript (3/20/2015) The state of San Diego’s hotel industry was the topic of “An Extraordinary Year Ahead,” the 2015 Lodging Industry meeting Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Del Mar Heights. Read more…

from Times of San Diego (3/20/2015) San Diego hotel guru Robert Rauch predicted Friday that 2015 will turn out to be the best year for the hotel industry in San Diego and nationwide. “This is going to be the best year that the hotel industry ever had in the United states by a wide margin,” […]

More Hotel Guru News

from San Diego Union Tribune (02.28.2015) Bob Rauch on the EconoMeter panel as they discuss the economy and water shortage: Water shortage: An economic challenge? Bob Rauch: Yes “Most of San Diego’s water comes from out of the region and this is not sustainable. Our region is already building a desalination Read more…

from San Diego Union Tribune (02.22.2015) Bob Rauch on the EconoMeter panel as they discuss a new Chargers stadium: Does a new stadium make economic sense? Bob Rauch: Yes “But let’s not confuse economic home run with economic argument. The combination of financing from the NFL, Chargers, sponsorships and city land Read more…